A "lucrative contract" with up to 40-year duration is being dangled to renewable energy (RE) developers joining the second round of RE auction covering 11,600 megawatts to be held on June 19 this year. The reference (TOR) issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) emphasized that the initial term of...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has been discussing with the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) the proposed measures for the pass-on of P22.64 billion worth of deferred charges which accumulated in 2013 following strained supply in the Luzon grid due to...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is undertaking a series of public consultation to solicit stakeholder-inputs and comments on the proposed revision of the competitive selection process (CSP) or the bidding system for power supply agreements (PSAs) of distribution utilities. The energy department...
SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation of the San Miguel group officially leads the Philippines’ debut into the "LNG importers club of the world" following the arrival of its first LNG shipment at one of the country’s major ports. The Department of Energy (DOE) affirmed the arrival of the first...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said his administration will give priority attention to the problems that cropped up during the oil spill crisis in Oriental Mindoro, such as the source of potable water for local communities and people's livelihood. *President Marcos assured the people of...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is laying down the conditions on when competitive selection process (CSP) or bidding will no longer be required in the procurement of capacities by private distribution utilities (DUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs). In a draft Circular presented to industry...
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is reinforcing the skills and technical expertise of its personnel in operating of substations to ensure efficient operation of the power system. According to the company, the training activities they recently carried out...
Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) subsidiary Davao Light and Power Co. Inc. (Davao Light) continues to encourage education and self-improvement as it undertook efforts to help upskill members of its host community to enable growth and enterprise development. In partnership with the Technical...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will be revising the rules that will set reliability indices for power plant operations, primarily their permissible allowance on planned and forced outages. According to ERC Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta, the existing reliability index is “very...
Look Ma, No Cables! San Pedro Street corner Pelayo Street after the underground cabling project was completed. Jesse Pizarro Boga, born and raised in Davao City, is a firsthand witness of pre- and post-underground cabling in the King City of the South. "Underground cabling brings a feeling of...
The summer heat will somehow be eased, as customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) are expected to enjoy reduction in their electric bills this month. There was preliminary expectation of a rate hike, but in the final computation, there were factors that ended up pulling down the overall cost...
US-headquartered Fluence Energy, Inc. has completed the 570-megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS) project for leading Philippine energy player SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. (SMCGP) of the San Miguel group. The company emphasized that the project’s completion milestone coincided with the...
